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Old 02-04-2008, 10:21 PM
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Hi, does anyone know whether the veteran film stars Patricia Laffan, Lloyd Lamble, Harry Towb and the lovely Dorothy Bartlam are still alive? I believe that Miss Bartlam, if still around, will be 100 this year. Does anyone have info on the current whereabouts etc of these people? Thank you

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I can tell you exactly where Harry Towb will be from 7.00pm until 9.30 pm this evening
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I'm pretty sure Lloyd Lamble died a few years ago - according to imbd he was born in 1914 so he'd be 96 otherwise. Was lucky enough to have him play Commissioner Gordon in an adaptation of the Batman TV series I wrote in the late eighties - something of a promotion from his St.Trinians days !
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Thank you JamesM, can you elaborate please? How do you know this information?
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Harry Towb is certainly alive (unless there's been a terrible accident in the last 24 hours)
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Hi, does anyone know whether the veteran film stars Patricia Laffan, Lloyd Lamble, Harry Towb and the lovely Dorothy Bartlam are still alive? I believe that Miss Bartlam, if still around, will be 100 this year. Does anyone have info on the current whereabouts etc of these people? Thank you
Harry Towb is a member of the National Theatre Company: Harry Towb

He can still occasionally be seen on television too - he's a fantastic actor.

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Sadly,Lloyd Lamble has just died aged 94.
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Sadly,Lloyd Lamble has just died aged 94.

Sorry to hear this - my original information having been proved wrong. (Apologies also for the faulty maths in my earlier post.)

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Harry Towb is certainly alive (unless there's been a terrible accident in the last 24 hours)
Didn't he become a miserable, old leftie after he finished working?
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Since he's still working, I'm not clear what you mean. Though he's certainly quite old and may be a leftie, as so many of us are.
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Sorry Captain, didn't mean to be too personal. We met briefly once, by accident, just after I left the Forces after a particularly bloody tour of NI. The very brief conversation covered politics - very silly subject in a hostelry - and we both agreed to differ. I admired some of his work though, as an actor that is, but never his politics.
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Interesting, homeguard. This has turned Harry Towb from being one of those faces I always recognise, to someone I actively like
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I did too. It is one of those faces you can't forget. In my case, right back to Z Cars. The Army Kinema had shown Carry on at your Convenience a couple of weeks before, and there was your man, sitting at the bar on his own. So we bought him half a bitter and wished him well. Trouble was we were in uniform, and I don't think he liked that. Still, that was 34 years ago, so I assume he's mellowed with age by now. And it's good to know he's still working. More than can be said for most.
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